The complaints and camera monitoring led the National Civil Police (PNC) and the Public Ministry (MP) to carry out raids on eight homes located in Mixco and the capital.
According to the General Subdirectorate of Criminal Investigation of the PNC, four alleged suspects were captured. car thieves and motorcycles.
The investigations revealed that the structure operated in zones 1, 4, 9, 10 and on the Roosevelt road.
According to authorities, some of the robberies were recorded on surveillance cameras in businesses and residences.
“It took the suspects less than 30 seconds to open and start the car,” said an investigator.
The MP reported that the Prosecutor’s Office against the Crime of Extortion seized a firearm, five cell phones and Q319,900 in cash.
He added that during the operation a person was arrested in flagrante delicto, after locating a motorcycle engine reported stolen in the house where he lived.
The four captured are charged with the crimes of illicit association and conspiracy to commit aggravated robbery.
It was mentioned that these people stole cars and motorcycles upon request and searched for them when the owners left them parked in residential areas or commercial areas.